The amendment of the Code of Ethics for Psychologists – assumptions and basis of the project

Abstract

The amendment to the Polish Code of Ethical and Professional Conduct in Psychology has resulted in the creation of a new Code of Ethics for the Psychologist of the Polish Psychological Society (PTP) adopted by the decision of the General Assembly of PTP Delegates in December 2018. The new code is the result of several years of cooperation between the team established for this purpose only and the environment of Polish psychologists.bWorking on the project included, among others, a formal consolidation of the new code within the space of already existing, similar normative acts in force in the European and international context. The assumptions and foundations of the project also assumed setting the main values proposed in the code on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A three-stage, hierarchical structure of the act has been introduced, which was guided by the idea of the openness of the new code to possible changes, discussions and subsequent amendments.